10984506

Image Anti-Aliasing Method and Image Anti-Aliasing Device

PublishedApril 20, 2021
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1. An image anti-aliasing method, comprising: receiving an aliasing image, wherein the aliasing image includes a plurality of source pixels; generating a plurality of hash values corresponding to the plurality of source pixels respectively; and performing a filtering processing or a filter generating procedure on the aliasing image according to the plurality of hash values; wherein each of the plurality of hash values is generated by the following steps: selecting one source pixel from the aliasing image and selecting a window containing the selected source pixel; determining an aliasing strength according to grayscale values of all the source pixels of a row and a column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window; and determining a hash value of the selected source pixel according to the aliasing strength.

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2. The image anti-aliasing method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the aliasing strength according to the grayscale values of all the source pixels of the row and the column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window comprises: determining a strength quantization factor according to a first grayscale value; wherein the first grayscale value is the largest grayscale value of the grayscale values of all the source pixels of the row and the column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window.

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3. The image anti-aliasing method of claim 2 , wherein the larger the first grayscale value is, the larger the strength quantization factor is.

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5. The image anti-aliasing method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the aliasing strength according to the grayscale values of all the source pixels of the row and the column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window comprises: determining an aliasing strength value according to a first grayscale value and a second grayscale value; wherein the first grayscale value is the largest grayscale value of the grayscale values of all the source pixels of the row and the column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window, and the second grayscale value is the smallest grayscale value of the grayscale values of all the source pixels of the row and the column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window.

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6. The image anti-aliasing method of claim 5 , wherein the aliasing strength value is a difference between the first grayscale value and the second grayscale value.

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7. The image anti-aliasing method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the aliasing strength according to the grayscale values of all source pixels of the row and the column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window comprises: determining an aliasing quantization factor according to a first grayscale value; determining an aliasing strength value according to the first grayscale value and a second grayscale value; and determining the aliasing strength according to the aliasing quantization factor and the aliasing strength value; wherein the first grayscale value is the largest grayscale value of the grayscale values of all the source pixels of the row and the column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window, and the second grayscale value is the smallest grayscale value of the grayscale values of all the source pixels of the row and the column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window.

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8. The image anti-aliasing method of claim 7 , wherein the larger the aliasing strength value is, the larger the aliasing strength is, while the larger the strength quantization factor is, the smaller the aliasing strength is.

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10. The image anti-aliasing method of claim 9 , wherein when strength q is greater than maxStrengthQ, strength q takes the value maxStrengthQ; wherein strength q is the aliasing strength and maxStrengthQ is a preset value.

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11. The image anti-aliasing method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the hash value of the selected source pixel according to the aliasing strength comprises: determining the hash value of the selected source pixel according to the aliasing strength, a grayscale gradient direction, and a grayscale gradient distribution; wherein the grayscale gradient direction and the grayscale gradient distribution are determined according to a grayscale gradient matrix around the selected source pixel in the window.

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13. An image anti-aliasing device, comprising: a storage device; and a processing device, coupled to the storage device, wherein the processing device receives an aliasing image, generates a plurality of hash values corresponding to a plurality of source pixels respectively, and performs a filtering processing or a filter generating procedure on the aliasing image according to the plurality of hash values, wherein the aliasing image includes the plurality of source pixels; wherein each of the plurality of hash values is generated by the following steps: selecting one source pixel from the aliasing image and selecting a window containing the selected source pixel; determining an aliasing strength according to grayscale values of all the source pixels of a row and a column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window; and determining a hash value of the selected source pixel according to the aliasing strength.

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14. The image anti-aliasing device of claim 13 , wherein the processing device further determines a strength quantization factor according to a first grayscale value; wherein the first grayscale value is the largest grayscale value of the grayscale values of all the source pixels of the row and the column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window.

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15. The image anti-aliasing device of claim 14 , wherein the larger the first grayscale value is, the larger the strength quantization factor is.

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17. The image anti-aliasing device of claim 14 , wherein the processing device further determines an aliasing strength value according to the first grayscale value and a second grayscale value; wherein the second grayscale value is the smallest grayscale value of the grayscale values of all the source pixels of the row and the column at which the selected source pixel is located in the window.

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18. The image anti-aliasing device of claim 17 , wherein the aliasing strength value is a difference between the first grayscale value and the second grayscale value.

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19. The image anti-aliasing device of claim 17 , wherein the processing device further determines the aliasing strength according to the aliasing quantization factor and the aliasing strength value.

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April 20, 2021

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FEIFEI YANG
WEIMAN KONG

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